Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Banksia marginata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Cav.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 227 (1799)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1799	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Silver banksia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Australia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	500 cm	500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 514, 625, 818, 882	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Flower color	empty	orange, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	follicle	follicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 498, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	900 cm	900 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 514, 625, 818, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460, 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 89, 94, 96, 130, 444, 445, 614, 721, 822, 882	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	266 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record

Banksia marginata Cav., 1799 20% complete

Silver banksia

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